Combined milk-bucket and stool



(No Model.)

A. WOODWARD.

GOMBINED MILK BUCKET AND STOOL. No. 271,291. Patented Ja n.30,18.83.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFTCE.

ABNER WOODWARD, OF SHELBURNE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

.COMBINED Ml LKF'B UCKET AND STOOL.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,291, datedJanuary 30), 1883. Application filed June 26, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER WOOD'WARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shelburne Falls, in the county of Franklin and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Milk-Lucket and Stool, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to those utensils comstools, and my improvementconsists in supporting the bucket on the upper ends of a series of legsor feet, which latter are cast with adetachable ringsurrounding thelower portion of said bucket. Furthermore, the bucket is provided. withtwo or more hooks capable of ready engagement with slotsin the feet whenit is desired tocouple the latter to said bucket, as hereinafter morefull y described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a utensilembodying my improvements, the base-ring and the upper part of thebucket being sectioned. Fig. 2 is a side eleva- Fig. 3 is a plan of saiddetached ring.

A represents a cylindrical milk bucket or pail, having a lid, B, dishedor concaved at b, so as to serve as a comfortable seat for the operator.0 is the bail, and D the handle, of the bucket. E represents a lightcast ring of such a diameterv as to allow the bucket A to tit snuglytherein, said ring having integral. legs or feet F, slotted at f topermit the ready engagement of hooks G, which latter are secured to themilk-vessel. Projecting from milk-vessel Ais a spout, H, within whichslides a tube or pipe, I, having at its upper end a funnel, J, of such ashape as to readily receive the milk and prevent itsplashing over theoperator. Fitting snugly around this tube is an elastic collar, K, thatmaintains the former in any desired protruded or retracted position.

To use this utensil, the bucket or similar vessel A is first set inthering E, so as to rest on the upper ends of legsF, after which acthooks G are engaged with the slotsf. TubeIis then advanced or retractedin order that funnel J may be brought to a proper position to receivethe milk, and the operator seats himself on the concave lid B b andproceeds with his work. As soon as the bucket A is tilled it can readilybe detached from the supporting-ring and placedin a water-trough, so asto cool the milk. It will thus be seen that the detachable ring and itsconnected feet elevate the bucket sufficiently to keep it clear of theoffensive dirt and litter of the stable and barn-yard, and consequentlythe milk will not be so liable to become impure. r I am aware thatvarious forms of milk-bucket holders have been patented, and thereforemy claim to such a device is limited to the detachable ring havingshouldered and slotted feet, for the purpose herein described.

I claim as my in'vention-- The ring E, in detachable combination withmilk-bucket A, which latter has hooks G, that engage with theslotsfoffeet F, said feet being cast with said ring E, and having shoulders attheir upper ends to support the bucket, as herein described andillustrated. v i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABNER WOODWARD. Witnesses SIMEoN S. POWERS, WILLIAM SHEPHERD.

